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Table 2 Total and average monthly training sessions of injuries during an athletics season

From: Athlete availability and incidence of overuse injuries over an athletics season in a cohort of elite Swedish athletics athletes - a prospective study

 

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

Feb.

March

April

May

June

July

Aug.

Total sessions (overall)

1719

1641

1583

1528

1222

1520

1687

1526

1337

1436

1247

Avg. sessions (M/L)

31.57 (6.8)

35.12 (6.7)

33.64 (8.7)

37.24 (7.0)

29.43 (7.5)

31.96 (7.9)

34.82 (7.3)

33.25 (8.2)

35.83 (7.8)

37.90 (8.0)

32.67 (10.4)

Avg. sessions (Sprint)

30.91 (7.4)

30.61 (8.8)

26.39 (8.2)

26.50 (6.5)

20.76 (2.9)

28.97 (3.9)

28.90 (4.4)

27.14 (3.3)

21.63 (2.5)

26.28 (2.6)

23.58 (4.5)

Avg. sessions (Jump)

21.69 (5.1)

24.10 (8.8)

24.34 (7.7)

21.94 (6.0)

19.65 (5.2)

18.95 (4.6)

24.21 (3.9)

19.77 (3.9)

19.11 (6.0)

19.25 (6.2)

17.58 (6.1)

Injuries (overall)

13

1

9

3

4

6

8

6

7

2

7

Injuries (M/L)

6

0

2

0

2

3

4

5

4

1

3

Injuries (Sprint)

4

0

4

2

1

2

4

0

2

1

2

Injuries (Jump)

3

1

3

1

1

1

0

1

1

0

2

  1. Standard deviation in parentheses. M/L middle and long-distance runners